Melty Early Aqua Glass Vial adornment Just satisfying things for setting

Just satisfying things for setting or stacking or using for all sorts of purposes

but they are pretty old ones for sure

So reads the text on the back of this handheld amusement

with the little wire-legged birds on either side riding along for company

Melty Early Aqua Glass Vial adornment Just satisfying things for settingThe dealer I purchased this old blown glass vial from noted it as 18th century. I'm no glass expert, and don't know whether that is correct or not; it seems possible to me that it has endured a fire since, which resulted in its beautifully misshapen form. Whatever the case, it appeals to me in many of the same ways as ancient Roman glass vials do encrusted, highly sculptural, and delicate aqua blue with lots of bubbles in the glass and thick walls